Monday 17th January 2022

Crawled out of bed this morning at 2.15 as I had another banging headache, some people got the fridge freezers this morning so now there's a bit of room in the shed now; only one cooker to go.

For some reason when I was younger, I wanted to own a horse.  I asked mum if I could have one for Christmas and got a resounding 'NO!'  What I did get was a hobby horse which are dog Jinky ripped apart shortly afterwards, end of that then.

The Flying Scotsman came to Salisbury railway station one April, the platform was absolutely jam packed.  I saw the train pass over Fisherton bridge towards London, the smoky smell was awful.  I got to the sorting office and saw the fire people were putting out flames in the bushes, which the Flying Scotsman had started with cinders coming out the chimney.  Mum laughed when i told her, she said washing used to catch alight when the trains passed or the washing would become sooty-fied.

I said to the bloke 'the trains left a farewell gift then?' Poor man thought I'd meant another fire had started! 

Sometimes I worry I upset people, others are a lost cause.  Sometimes I worried that Liz didn't like me very much, a lot of things happened a long time ago.  Always be kind to people and treat people as you would like to be treated.